Customer Success Story:
Pirkanmaa Hospital District
Location:
TAYS, Tampere University Hospital,
Tampere
Challenge:
Peak shaving towards emergency
generators and grid
Solution:
Three paralleled 300 kVA
Supercapacitor UPSs
Results:
Continuation of operation is
of paramount importance and
confidence in the functioning of
this technology is now proven.
Without the supercapacitors,
this solution would not have
been chosen.
Market segment
Healthcare
New UPS and
supercapacitor technology
at the heart of hospital
Background The most important reason
“The most important for the installation of
The Pirkanmaa Hospital District
reason for the (PSHP) worked with Eaton
supercapacitor UPSs was for
their ability to enable peak
installation of to install modern UPSs with
supercapacitor technology
shaving for the generators and
the grid. As a bonus, they also
supercapacitor UPSs to ensure uninterruptible
provide traditional UPS support.
operation of hospital imaging
was their ability for devices.
The power and back-up power
requirements in hospitals have
peak shaving. As In the first phase of the grown more critical alongside
project, Eaton Power Quality hospitals use of electric
a bonus they also Oy, which manufacturers UPS equipment and ICT.
provide traditional UPS equipment in Finland, delivered
one 300 kVA UPS with
“At first, we had planned to
use DRUPS devices, whereby
support.” supercapacitors into Pirkanmaa
a diesel rotary generator
Hospital District’s cardiology
Juhani Jauhiainen, hospital engineer, powers a UPS. However,
department. In the second
Pirkanmaa Hospital District the reduced maintenance
phase, two more UPSs of the
from a supercapacitor UPS,
same capacity will be delivered
combined with higher
to the hospital. All three UPSs
efficiency, convinced us to
will then be connected
take the opportunity that new
in parallel.
capacitor technology provides
During the project, the in feeding the demanding load
hospital also installed a further equipment.”
Eaton 300 kVA UPS with
“We trusted that a carefully
supercapacitors to secure
designed and manufactured
uninterrupted operation of
product would lead to a reliable
the Computed Tomography
solution. In addition, the
(CT) scan in the emergency
chance to replace traditional
department. Consequently,
lead batteries with new
the hospital will have a total
maintenance-free and longer-
of 1.2 MVA power from the
lasting technology contributed
supercapacitor UPSs.
to the decision.”
Hospitals always have back-up
Juhani Jauhiainen, hospital
generators available; in this
engineer, Pirkanmaa Hospital
case, PSHP’s UPS system
District.
will be fed by three 1 MVA
generators, if necessary.
Challenge
Surgery in hospitals is
performed with the support of
CT, computer-based imaging
devices. Open surgeries are
reduced all the time. This
emphasizes the role of the
UPS; if the surgeon’s operating
screen goes blank during
surgery, it is impossible to
continue. The UPS supplies
the rated power of the CT
devices. At the same time,
the supercapacitors supply
the current peaks of the CT
device imaging function and
thus also help the emergency
generator. “We are better able
to implement grid protection
when we don’t need to take
into account those CT peaks,”
says Jauhiainen.
The most challenging in
hospitals is to guarantee
the 24/7 operation. Not all
activities require this, but so
many systems do, that all
activities need to be organized
on their basis. Hospitals have
operational processes that
staff needs to manage and
understand. This also means
that choice of the device needs
to be carefully considered,
in order to obtain functional,
manageable and practical
systems.
The hospital’s 24/7 operation
also poses challenges for
technical personnel in terms
of maintenance and testing.
The planning of controlled
one or two-hour breaks in the
hospital’s power supply has
to be done well in advance
because of the reliance on IT
equipment, which means that
breaks must be planned in
accordance with surgeries and
other operations. Above all,
the IT team must make sure
there is no interruption of other
functions at the same time, for
example if there is a controlled
power outage, there should be
no interruption to the heating or
water supply at the same time.
Solution
Patient safety is everything.
Beyond the large UPSs,
there are imaging devices,
elevators, security systems
and other devices that need
UPS protection. In the past,
the hospital’s imaging devices
were not even connected to
the emergency generators
because of the power surges
that occur while doing
imaging, which could have
jeopardized the entire electricity
supply from the generator.
Consequently, this project has
delivered a huge improvement,
thanks to three large UPSs
with supercapacitors that are
N + 1 connected, i.e. with
redundancy planned into the
system.
Eaton was chosen largely
because of the hospital’s past
experience with the company,
not to mention its heritage built
over 56 years of making UPSs
in Espoo (Finland). According
to Jauhiainen, “Eaton was
also chosen because of the
reliability of its UPSs and the
fact that their maintenance and
technical support have always
worked well and skillfully. There
has always been help available,
when it was needed.” Results different electricity supplies,
but it also has to be able to
Jauhiainen added that “It is Preventive maintenance as a
maintain the operations using
also important that there is a philosophy is very important
power from the generators.
high degree of domesticity in in hospitals. One cannot wait
that the closer the supplier’s for failures before starting The Eaton Power Xpert 9395P
culture is to your own, the maintenance work. Advanced UPS with supercapacitors has
more confidence you have in planning is very important; been supplying the CT imaging
the supplier.” all service interruptions are for over a year now.
agreed in advance so that
“We have positive experiences
every member of the hospital
and have eagerly followed the
team can be prepared for
operation of supercapacitors
them. When the equipment
from the beginning of the
is needed it must work. The
installation. Because of the
medical profession dictates that
cyclic nature of the load, we
patients should not be exposed
did not believe in battery power
to hazardous situations and it
in CT. Continuity of operations
does not make allowances for
is of paramount importance
extraordinary circumstances,
and the confidence in the
such as should the whole
functionality of this technology
sub-region not have electricity
is now proven. Without a
for days or even weeks. The
capacitor option, this solution
hospital must prepare for these
would not have been chosen,”
situations, despite their rarity.
said Juhani Jauhiainen.
Of course, the hospital has
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